Figurative Language

Front

Sentence with a simile:

Back

Rachel smiled like a Cheshire cat.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Love is a thrill ride. This uses _____

Back

metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

This kid was a young Albert Einstein. This sentence uses _____

Back

allusion

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Front

Nila brushed the baby's hair. This uses _____

Back

alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Sentence with a pun:

Back

Reading on the beach can make you well red.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

Front

Example of assonance:

Back

The small boy grabbed Roy's toy.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Front

Example of onomatopoeia:

Back

zap

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Front

A hyperbole is an ____.

Back

exaggeration

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

Sentence using personification:

Back

The fire hungrily ate the house.

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." This quote uses _____

Back

juxtaposition

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5